Alfred Bester

Citas

• “This is my first satellite, and d’you know what it's taught me? There’s just one component in any spacecraft that’s guaranteed to give trouble all the time: scientists!”

• “He awoke. He was alive. He wasted no time on prayer or thanks but continued the business of survival.”

• “It was anger for the relentless force of evolution that insisted on endowing man with increased powers without removing the vestigial vices that prevented him from using them.”

• “Revenge is for dreams...never for reality.”

• “That’s me,” he said, motioning to the robot. “That’s all of us. We prattle about free will, but we’re nothing but response...mechanical reaction in prescribed grooves.”

Los libros de Alfred Bester en orden

Los libros de Alfred Bester en el orden en que se publicaron, de The Demolished Man (1951) a Kaplan! Kaplan! (2017).

1. 1The Demolished ManThe Demolished Man1951
2. 2The Stars My DestinationThe Stars My Destination1956
3. 3Tiger! Tiger!Tiger! Tiger!1956
4. 4StarburstStarburst1958
5. 5The Dark Side of the EarthThe Dark Side of the Earth1964
6. 6ExtroExtro1975
7. 7The Computer ConnectionThe Computer Connection1975
8. 8StarlightStarlight1976
9. 9The Light FantasticThe Light Fantastic1976
10. 10Star Light, Star BrightStar Light, Star Bright1978
11. 11Golem 100Golem 1001980
12. 12The DeceiversThe Deceivers1981
13. 13Virtual UnrealitiesVirtual Unrealities1997
14. 14El Hombre DemolidoEl Hombre Demolido1998
15. 15RedemolishedRedemolished2000
16. 16The Flowered ThundermugThe Flowered Thundermug2008
17. 17Las estrellas, mi destinoLas estrellas, mi destino2009
18. 18Alfred Bester's The Stars My DestinationAlfred Bester's The Stars My Destination2012
19. 19Kaplan! Kaplan!Kaplan! Kaplan!2017